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Records at va facilities has to be held accountable. The Inspector General has launched investigations into phoenix va and other facilities and some individuals have been put on administrative leave. I know people are angry and i sympathize with that. We have to let investigators do their job in getting to the bottom of what happened. Veterans deserve other facts and families deserve to know the facts. The facts i assure you if there is misconduct it will be punished. I want to know the full sco...

Investigation as an assistant u. S. Attorney in virginia, so i know what you are talking about. Thank you for the support of that. We have made good progress, not good enough, and the bad guys are investing in technology. Weve got to keep up with them. I have to attract great people and equip them and train them on the best stuff. Great strides, but the legacy of neglecting it so long as we are not where we need to be yet. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I remember that time very well. The f...

Tenure of a certain passive in ness. We saw that university of chicago law professor is saying he will wait until all the reports come in. A perfect world, that is the way to go, but they have to keep the , you cannot let this become a big issue that is out there with some of the other big issues, whether it is benghazi or the irs. If this is a real scandal, you have to clean house in a way that this cannot come back to bite you at the polls and lose your majority in the senate in november. Than...

The new technology saving the lives of the critically injured. Ukraines new government is facing a crisis of control. Pro russian demonstrators center seized buildings in a city in its eastern region. And demonstrators are Holding Dozens of people hostage. Three days in donetsk, theyre reinforcing their barricades, ukraines Prime Minister with negotiations between politicians and police is hoping that a deal can be reached. What can be difficult is different leaders now speaking from different f...

Billion dollars. 36 is spent on medical programs. You can see this chart comes from the veterans affairs. Is that enough money . Telling me now that only 41 went medical care. This is a lopsided perspective. Were wasted onrs to conferences in orlando. Hr executiveave an testified to where the money theyre creative throwing money down the drain on nonmedical related issues. The should be going to Service Benefits such as funeral and education benefits. When your overhead is overwhelming your prod...

Amendment en bloc. As our men and women transition out of the armed forces, they are confronted with a number of challenges as they reintegrate into civilian life. My amendment offers a simple change to current d. O. D. Policy that i believe will greatly benefit our Service Members as they return home. Based on Bipartisan Legislation ive introduced, the Service Members transition improvement act, this amendment would require a Pilot Program at d. O. D. To transmit a comprehensive copy of a Servi...

About privatization. Veterans groups have been concerned for years, the idea that we need to dismantle the v. A. And get rid of this. Veterans groups in america really like having their own Veterans Health care system. They like having that idea. There have been many other agencies and industries right now to move to privatization. With the momentum right now it seems inevitable. There is more flexibility, without dismantling the v. A. That is what we will see in the coming months here. Host how...

Wayperson standing in the of making progress. That would be the speaker of the house. I know in his heart his intentions are good. We just hope that we will see before the one year is out from the senate bill some son of life, some sign of intention, some bill that can come to the floor. Scheduledis and even on a bill that could possibly take us to conference. It is clear that their intention is to do nothing and that is totally unacceptable. We have a bill, 200 cosponsors, hr 15, including thre...

We are dramatically increasing funding for Veterans Health care, including hundreds of millions of dollars to serve veterans a rural areas, as well as the unique needs of our growing number of women veterans. We are restoring access to the a health care for the half of a million veterans who lost eligibility in recent years. Since there has been so much misinformation out there about Health Insurance reform, let me say this, the one thing that reform wont change is Veterans Health care. No one w...

Colorado, san antonio, texas, augusta, georgia, memphis, tennessee, columbia, south carolina, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, Chicago Illinois with news stories being covered almost every single day. Mr. Speaker, these stories were crystallized for me and other members at a recent hearing that we had on patient wait times on the 9th of april. Mr. Barry cotes, a veteran from columbia, south carolina, informed the committee that he waited almost a year to receive a colonoscopy at v. A. When he finally r...